Nacogdoches PD: Fight escalates into a shooting incident

Officers with the Nacogdoches
Police Department are investigating a physical confrontation on Harris Street Thursday
night that escalated to the point that one of the young men involved was shot
in the face.

The gunshot victim's wound was not
life threatening, according to Sgt. Greg Sowell, a spokesman for the
Nacogdoches Police Department, said.

According to the police report, NPD
officers responded to a 911 call about a gunshot that occurred between 6:00 and
6:09 p.m. Thursday. Once they got to the house in the 900 block of Harris
Street, they learned that two men, ages 17 and 19 got into a fight in the home's
yard.

At some point, someone produced a
hand gun, and the 17-year-old man was shot in the face. Sowell said the
19-year-old received cuts and bruises, likely as a result of the physical
altercation.

"The case is still under
investigation, and no arrests have been made," Sowell said.

In the wake of an incident in which the driver of a Ford Explorer allegedly almost backed into a Lufkin PD patrol unit while he was fleeing a traffic stop Monday afternoon, the police department will be seeking a warrant for his arrest.

In the wake of an incident in which the driver of a Ford Explorer allegedly almost backed into a Lufkin PD patrol unit while he was fleeing a traffic stop Monday afternoon, the police department will be seeking a warrant for his arrest.